Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-15
they eat; and l have an Unreasonable
curiosity to know

they eat: and l have an Unreasonable
curiosity to know
WHAT IT Is,
and how it is, and where it is. Columbus
risked his life to find this continent, and
shall we shudder to 90 out on g voyage
OF discovery which snail reveal vaster
and more brilliant country? John Frank
lin risked his life TO find passage be-
tween icebergs, and shall we dread to
find passage to eternal SUMMER Men
in Switzerland travel up the heights OF
the MatterhOrn with alpenstock, and
guides, and rockets, and ropes, end,
getting half way up, stumble and fall
down in g horrible massacre. They just
want to say they had been OF the tops OF
those high peaks. And shall we fear 10
20 out for the ascent Of the eternal hills
which start 1000 miles beyond where
stop the highest peaks Of the Alps, and
when in that ascent there IS
no peril \ man doomed 20
die stepped on the scafold. and
/ said in 10y; "Now, in ten minutes l will
know the great secret" One minute aiter
the vital functions ceased, the little caild
/ that died last night in Montague street
/ knew more than jonathan Edwards, or
/ ST. Paul himself, before be died. Friends,
/ the exit from this world, or DEATH If you
please to call it, TO the Christian is glo-
/ rious explanation. 1t is demonstration.
/ It is illumination. il IS sunbuTst. IL 10
/ the opening Of ell the windows. 1t is
shutting UP the Catechism Of doubt, ana
the unrOlling of all the scrolls OF posi-
tive and accurate Information. Iastesd
/ of standing az the loot Of the ladder anu
! looking up, it is standing a. the top OF
! the ladder and looking down. It IS the
/ last mystery taken out Of botany, and
/ geology, and astronomy, and theology
/ on. Will il cot be grand 20 have al ques-
tons answered? The peTpetualy re-
curing interrogation point changed ioI
Z the mark OF exclamation.
ALL RIDDLES SOLVED.
VINO will fear 10 20 out on that discoy'
er7, when all the questions are to be de-
cided which we have beech discussing al
our lives? VINO sh8u not clap MS hands
/ in the anticipation Of that blessed coun-
try, il it be no better than through holy
curiosity, crying: "The time OF my de-
parture Is at hand!"
remark. again, we ought 10 nave the
1 i9v Of the text, because, leSving this
world, we move into the best society OF
the universe. You see great crowd vi
people in some street, and you say
'Wno is passing there? What
10 be there?" Wei, see {
great thro2g in heaven. say: "Who Is
! the focus Of ali that admiration? Who is
! the center Of that glittering company
4 Il is Jeeus, the champion Of al worlds,
/ The faYorite Of al ages. DO you know
what IS the first ques len the
/ soul viii ask when it comes
/ through the gate Of heaven?
I think the first question will be: "W here
/ Is Jesus, the Savior, that pardcned my
sin: that carried ny sorrows; that fought
nv battles; that Won my YicJ0ries?" q
radiant One, hOU l would Ike 30 see
Thee. Thou Of the manger, but without
/ It's humiliation; Thou CT the cross, but
: without its pangs; Thou Of the grave,
I but without its darkness.
The Bible iutim2tes that we viii talk
with Jesus IN heaven just IS brother
talks with brother. Now, what vii
you ask Him first? l do not know.
c@n think what I would ask Paul first, II
] saw lin IL heaven. think l woULc
/ like to hear him describe the storm thai
came upon the ship when there We're p,
souls On the vessel, Paul being The only
man OF bosrd cool enough to describe
the storm. There is fascination about s
ship and the sea that l shall never get
over, ana / think l would ike 10 hear hin
talk shout that first. But when l meet
my Lord Jesus Christ, of what shall
first delight to hear Him speak? Now
/ think what it is. I shall first want Il
hesT the tragedy Of
Els LAST HOURS,
and when Luke's account OF the cruel
hxion, and Marks account OF the cruel
fxiOn, and johns account OF the cruel
fXion will be nothing, while from TINS
living lips Of Christ the story shall Ot
told OK the gloom that fell, and the devil:
that arose, and the TACT that upon his en-
dursnce depended the rescue CT a race
and there was darkness in the sky, anc
there was darkness il the soul, and tbs
Da!a becsIne more sharp and the bur
dens became more nesvY, until the mol
began to swim away from the dying vi5
ion Of Christ, and the cursing OF the mo-
came to his car more family, and hi!
hands were fastened 70 the horizonta
piece Of the crCGs, and MS fee
. i were l1SLELEU ~ l-LS kJ-- k'CL--A ~ u
lar piece Of the cross, and his heal
fell forward in & swoon as he uttered TIT
lost moan and cried: at is fnished!h Al
heaven will stop TO listen until the st0r.
Is done, and every harp viii be put down
ard every lip closed, and eli eyes lIe,
upon the divine narrator, until the stoT
is done; ana then, ct the tap Of the baton
the eternal orchestra VIII rouse up; hnge
on string OF harp, and lips to the mout
OF trumpet, there shall roll forth n
oratorio Of The Messiah; worthy /
tie Lamb thst WIS slain to receive bless
ing, and ricles, and honor and giOry,a an
power, world without end"
80 what lie endured. or, who can tell
10 save our souls from death and hell!"
When there was between Paul CT
! that magnificent parsonage only the thin
ness Of the sharp edge Of the sword
l the execut;onGr, do you wonder that b
/ wanted to 90? o, my Lord Jesus, let or
2 wave OF that glory roll over this audi
! toryl Harb. hear the wedding bells
{ heaven ringing now. The marriage {
! the LAMB has come, and the bride nat
made herself ready.
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: AnSoId physician, retired from practlc
: having hadplaCed in his hands by an East Ind
Il missienart the for ula OF q simple vegetaO
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure
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